My Reason to Tri Has Moved!

Put your seat belt on kids…..mama has moved to Wordpress!

I can now be found at myreasontotri.com. Please update your settings and follow my shenanigans over at my new home!

Thanks!

:)

Balance????

A couple weeks ago, I chose to stay at home and race Tri Latta. Because I raced, I missed out a beach trip with Haley, my parents, and little brother. I missed this:

and this:

and this:

While I did have a good time at the race, I regret missing out on that unique time with my family.

I was supposed to race this weekend. But I chose NOT to miss out on family fun again this weekend. Instead we did this:

I took a big FAT DNS this weekend. Although that stings a little, I don’t regret it. I wasn’t really excited about this race, so it was an easy choice to make once my husband started giving me a little guilt trip about spending too much time on training/racing and not enough time doing “fun” stuff.

The life of an endurance athlete can be a lonely one, especially when your family or friends do not participate in the same hobbies as you are don’t quite understand the obsession. I am struggling with finding a balance between training and racing, and having a social life and spending time with family. Its difficult to plan weekend activities when training takes up HUGE chunks of time. I could easily spend 4 hours (including prep and travel time) away from home in one day for a long bike ride.

How do you balance it all? How do you get proper training in and still have time for real life?

What’s in a Name?

Yahhh, I’m pretty much obsessed and consumed by the great Wordpress migration.  Its been pretty painless….so far.  I’m not sure what clicked this time, I’ve tried and failed multiple times at the conversion, but I’m actually getting it this time around. 

Now its time to choose a domain name.  myreasontorun.com is taken!!!!  Oh, the horror!  here is a list of suggested alternatives from DreamHost:

hurryforareason

runforaaim

sprintforareason

scamperforareason – my personal favorite

runforanintention

hopforareason

runforanincentive

Really??????

I want to stay as close to my original blog name as possible.  Here is a list of more suitable possibilities

A~runforareason

B~myreasontorunswimandbike

C~myreasontotri

D~myreasontorunis

Which name do you like????? Any of the above? Other suggestion?????

Also, what feed reader do you use?  I’ve always used my Google Reader. 

Thumbs Up! Thursday

Busy, Busy, BUSY today!!!! Thumbs Up! Thursday will be a short one today kids!! But thanks for stopping by blog friends old and new!

I have spent the majority of my day off working on my new Wordpress home. Yes, I have succumb to the mass blogger exodus and migrating over to WP. Hopefully it will be a seamless process and I won’t loose too many followers in the process. Here is a sneak peak of what I’m up to. It won’t look drastically different. But I do LOVE the comment reply back feature and a few other minor upgrades. Thumbs Up! to me for finally figuring out WP! And HUGE Thumbs Up! to Kevin @ Ironman By 30 for helping me with this process!!! Hopefully I will have it up and running next week.

I love a good giveaway, and I especially LOVE when I win one!!!! Grateful Mama hosted a Reflect Sports giveaway and I won! I chose a tube of the Hoo Ha Ride Glide. I couldn’t resist, with a name like that! For real though, I have yet to find a chamois cream that keep my…ahem….hoo ha happy. Full review to come! Thanks and Thumbs Up! Sugar Magnolia and Reflect Sports!

CONGRATS to all the Nuun Hood to Coast ladies for making the relay team. A couple of my bloggy buddies made the list!!!!! Thumbs Up! to my Grrrrrls!!! I’m super jealous….but excited for all of you!!!!!! And if Nuun needs a 7th alternate…I could totally make myself available!!!!!!

Ok, I know I’m super short on Thumbs Ups! today, but I’ve got to get back to the grindstone. Lots of reviews and maybe some giveaways coming up soon. Yipee!!!

What’s been going on in your AWESOME world that deserves a Thumbs Up!???